i disagree that i don't understand martin kleppmann's method and also that his method is 'eventually consistent'. using a random token is not equivalent to usi

i disagree that i don't understand martin kleppmann's method and also that his method is 'eventually consistent'. using a random token is not equivalent to using a linearizable lock, see: https://medium.com/@talentdeficit/redlock-unsafe-at-any-time-40ceac109dbb#.j9ekopmcm https://medium.com/@talentdeficit/redlock-unsafe-at-any-time... i am not sure what your point about delays and concurrent clients is, of course a system can't infer order from events that happen outside of it's visibility. the lock system can only provide synchronization at the point the lock is acquired